ForteSG is proud to announce the Forte Summer 2025 release, introducing powerful new Sales Forecasting and Labor Scheduling capabilities built to help multi-unit restaurant operators plan smarter, schedule faster, and optimize labor efficiency across every location.
With these new capabilities, Forte now connects sales forecasting, labor planning, and employee scheduling in one unified workflow, giving operators more control and making complex scheduling simpler to manage.
"Our customers need more than just forecasts and schedules - they need confidence.” said Bob Looney, CEO of ForteSG. “This release gives operators the clarity to plan smarter, schedule faster, and control labor spend without sacrificing service. We’re delivering tools that meet the complexity of multi-location restaurants with the flexibility and speed modern operators expect.”
Plan Smarter with Forte’s Forecast Engine
Forte’s Forecast Engine helps operators predict demand more accurately and plan with confidence. Built for the complexity of multi-unit, multi-concept restaurant groups, the engine adapts to each operator’s unique structure and sales definitions.
Operators can tailor forecasts to match how their brands actually measure success. Net sales, gross sales, and guest counts can be defined differently for each concept or tenant, giving multi-concept operators flexibility to forecast with precision.
The Forecast Engine automatically factors in key sales drivers like seasonality, US holidays and major restaurant impacting events. Managers can filter out unpredictable demand, like specific dayparts or order modes, to keep forecasts focused on predictable trends.
Schedule Smarter to Save Time and Control Costs Across Locations
Scheduling is more than a task. It is a strategy.
It’s how operators balance labor costs, forecast sales, manage employee availability, and support the unique needs of each location. Forte’s Labor Scheduling engine makes it easier to get it right, helping operators control costs, keep teams covered, and build smarter schedules with less effort.
As restaurant teams become more mobile and cross-location scheduling becomes the norm, operators need flexible tools that can keep up. Forte’s Summer 2025 release delivers an intuitive scheduling experience that supports employees across concepts, locations, and job roles.
Forte brings scheduling and team management together in one streamlined experience. Here’s what’s new.
Forte makes it easy to schedule employees across multiple locations and job roles, with built-in guardrails that prevent scheduling mistakes. Managers can only assign employees to approved locations and jobs, helping protect wage accuracy, prevent compliance issues, and ensure teams are scheduled correctly every time.
Forte’s drag-and-drop schedule builder is designed for speed. As managers build schedules, the platform automatically predicts labor costs, hours, SPLH, and labor percentages based on the sales forecast, helping managers hit their labor targets before the schedule is even posted.
The employee portal makes it easy for teams to view upcoming shifts, track recently worked hours, and manage their availability. Employees can submit conflicts, request time off and see when they are scheduled, all in one place.
Forte’s scheduling engine protects your labor plan even when employees trade shifts. Employees can only offer or pick up shifts they are qualified to work, matching job role and location eligibility every time. The system enforces these rules automatically, so managers don’t need to double-check their qualifications.
Forte’s mobile app supports push notifications for shift changes, approvals, and schedule updates. Managers also receive daily alerts for missed shifts, early or late clock-ins, and labor cost impacts, helping them spot issues and act quickly to ensure a smooth pay period.
Forte’s reporting makes it easy to track performance across sales, labor, and forecasting in one place. Managers can quickly compare forecasts to actual sales, check counts, and guest traffic to spot gaps and improve future planning. Labor reporting shows how scheduled hours and labor costs align with actuals, giving operators the visibility to protect margins and improve efficiency across locations.
By surfacing key performance indicators in reports and charts, Forte helps operators fine-tune forecasts, strengthen labor plans, and make faster, more informed decisions.
Forte gives operators clear, flexible reporting across sales, labor, and cash, tailored to fit each business. Whether you’re managing multiple brands, tracking daily safe counts, or reviewing labor performance, Forte simplifies complex reporting and gives you the clarity to make informed decisions faster.
Forte also connects your systems, automatically posting POS transactions to your accounting platform for cleaner financials and faster closing. With daily recaps, push alerts, and detailed labor and sales tracking, managers can catch issues early and protect margins.
Ready to Take Control?
Your growth deserves technology that keeps pace. Learn why Forte is the next-generation solution for multi-location restaurant success. Request a personalized demo today at fortesg.com.
About Forte
Forte is an operations and Intelligence platform purpose-built for multi-location, multi-concept restaurant groups. Designed to give operators complete visibility and control over sales, labor, accounting, and profitability, Forte simplifies the complex and delivers impactful insights that fuel smarter decisions.